Feb. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 503

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 141.
Number of men employed by company: Nil.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: Nil.
Total expenditure since registration: £597 1s.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £356 6s. 6d.; on deposit, £350.
Amount of cash in hand: £45.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Contracts (machinery) £3,921.

I, Tompson Lamb, the Legal Manager of the Roxburgh Lead Gold-dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st day of December, 1900; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

TOMPSON LAMB,
Manager.

Declared at Dunedin, this 29th day of January, 1901, before me—C. C. Graham, J.P. 394

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Endeavour Gold-dredging Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 29th August, 1899.
Whether in active operation or not: No.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Dunedin; Charles Wm. Harvey.
Nominal capital: £11,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £8,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £7,556.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £2,000; nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £2,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 11,000.
Number of shares allotted: 10,000.
Amount paid per share: 20s.
Amount called up per share: 20s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: 39; £444.
Number of shares forfeited: Nil.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 141.
Present number of shareholders: 189.
Number of men employed by company: Nil.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: Nil.
Total expenditure since registration: £5,416 7s. 2d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £2,139 12s. 10d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £3,059 3s.

I, Charles William Harvey, of Dunedin, the Legal Manager of the Endeavour Gold-dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at 31st December, 1900; and I hereby make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

C. W. HARVEY,
Manager.

Declared at Dunedin, this 15th day of January, 1901, before me—Thos. Ross, J.P. 395

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Karaka (Limited), (being a foreign company as defined by section 2 of “The Mining Companies Acts Amendment Act, 1897”).
When formed, and date of registration of office of company in colony: 27th February, 1897; May, 1897.
Whether in active operation or not: Not in active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: 4, Wyndham Street, Auckland.
Where mine is situate: Thames.
Nominal capital: £150,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: Not known.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: Not known.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Not known.
(c.) In cash: Not known.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 150,000.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: Nil.
Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): £1.
Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): £1.
Number and amount of calls in arrear (Colonial Register): Nil.
Number of shares forfeited (Colonial Register): Nil.
Number of forfeited shares on Colonial Register sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders on Colonial Register: Nil.
Number of men employed by company in colony: At present protected.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: £172 11s. 1d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £842 14s. 2d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £7,196 7s. 1d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: £16 5s. 6d.
Amount of cash in hand in colony: £2 15s. 11d.
Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: Nil.
Amount of such debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: £3 3s. 6d.

I, John Hope MacLellan, Secretary of the Thames Exploration Syndicate of London and New Zealand (Limited), the Attorneys of Karaka (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the 31st day of December, 1900; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

J. H. MACLELLAN,
Secretary.

Declared at Auckland, this 28th day of January, 1901, before me—J. R. Sykes, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. 415

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Golden Chain Dredging Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 26th September, 1899.
Whether in active operation or not: No.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Dunedin; Charles William Harvey.
Nominal capital; £10,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £8,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £4,155.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £2,000; nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £2,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 10,000.
Number of shares allotted: 8,000.
Amount paid per share: 16s.
Amount called up per share: 16s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: 92; £2,245.
Number of shares forfeited: Nil.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 137.
Present number of shareholders: 144.
Number of men employed by company: Nil.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: Nil.